CC zone, Caledon: Core Commercial
Section 7 – Commercial Zones, Tables 7.1 and 7.2 (Subsections 7.2 and 7.3) of the Town of Caledon Zoning By-law 2006-50.
A downtown-style commercial zone for shops, offices, restaurants, hotels and services on small lots with no front setback, where accessory apartments above businesses are also allowed.
Is a property in the CC zone? Enter its address and the lookup returns the zone and these standards, including any site-specific exception.
Check an addressWhat the CC zone permits
- Animal Hospital
- Art Gallery
- Artist Studio & Gallery
- Boarding House
- Business Office
- Clinic
- Convenience Store (max 160 m² net floor area, footnote 4)
- Dry Cleaning or Laundry Outlet
- Dwelling Unit, Accessory (footnotes 7 and 8: unit size max 15% of commercial net floor area; up to 3 accessory dwelling units per commercial establishment)
- Financial Institution
- Fitness Centre
- Funeral Home
- Hotel
- Laundromat
- Merchandise Service Shop
- Motel
- Parking Area, Commercial
- Parking Area, Municipal
- Personal Service Shop
- Place of Assembly
- Place of Entertainment
- Private Club
- Restaurant
- Retail Store
- Sales, Service and Repair Shop
- Training Facility
- Video Outlet/Rental Store (max 185 m² net floor area, footnote 3)
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum lot area (interior lot) | 275 m² |
| Minimum lot width (interior lot) | No requirement |
| Minimum front yard | No requirement |
| Minimum interior side yard | 0 mNil from any interior side lot line, except 1.5 m from an interior side lot line abutting a Residential zone |
| Minimum exterior side yard | No requirement |
| Minimum rear yard | 6 m |
| Maximum building height | 10.5 mTable 7.2 row label is garbled in the source extraction ('Minimum / Maximum: 10.5m'); this is read as Building Height (maximum) 10.5 m |
| Maximum lot coverage | 75 % |
| Minimum landscaped open space | No requirement |
| Maximum gross floor area | 465Maximum gross floor area 465 m² applies to a Retail Store only; no GFA maximum stated for other uses |
Other provisions in this section
- Planting strip minimum widths: 1.5 m along an interior side lot line; 3 m along a rear lot line (Table 7.2).
- Planting strip location (Table 7.2 footnote 1): a planting strip is required along any portion of a rear lot line and any portion of an interior side lot line which abuts a Residential Zone.
- Driveway setbacks (minimum): 1.5 m from a lot line abutting a Residential Zone; Nil from any other lot line.
- Parking space setbacks (minimum): 1.5 m from any street line; 4.5 m from any lot line abutting a Residential zone.
- Convenience store not to exceed 160 m² net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 4).
- Video outlet/rental store not to exceed 185 m² net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 3).
- Accessory dwelling unit size not to exceed 15% of commercial net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 7).
- CC Zone permits a boarding house as well as 3 accessory dwelling units per commercial establishment (Table 7.1 footnote 8).
- All uses are also subject to the General Provisions in Section 4 and the Parking, Loading & Delivery Standards in Section 5 (Subsection 7.1).
Source: Section 7 – Commercial Zones, Tables 7.1 and 7.2 (Subsections 7.2 and 7.3), By-law 2006-50 (Town of Caledon), checked 2026-09-12. General provisions elsewhere in the by-law (parking, driveways, accessory buildings) also apply, and a numbered exception on the parcel can change any value here. Treat this as a pre-check, not a sign-off.
Other commercial zones in Caledon: C, CCV, CH, CHB, CHV, CN, CT, CV